[lug] Wanted: Recommandations for HDD and Mem Upgrades for CU Freshman

[Zan Lynx]

On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 21:45 -0600, Lee Woodworth wrote:
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>   #1) AFAIK, all of the apple LCD display hardware is 24bit rgb. The
>       low-end pc hardware only uses 16bit for driving the display.
>       Last time I looked, PC laptops that target high-end multimedia
>       and probably have 24bit display were not that different in price
>       from a macbook.

Apple uses the same LCD hardware from the same manufacturers as everyone
else.  For example, Apple Cinema Display LCDs are actually made by LG
Phillips, just like Dell's widescreen LCDs.

And for laptops, Apple has the same 6-bit per color displays as PC
laptops.  See:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/21/apple_display_lawsuit/
http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/apple_laptop_lawsuit_offers_worrisome_scenario

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Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>
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